A surreptitious gesture, often prearranged, giving warning or indicating that all is well.
〈北美，非正式〉（用手势）示意，暗示（常事先约好，表示警告或一切都好）
I'm getting the high sign from my secretary—gotta go
我得到秘书的暗示——该走了。
Example sentencesExamples
If I give the woman at the sandwich bar the high sign from afar she starts making my reuben before I've reached the counter.
Dave was back to the mobile coach window in five minutes, wearing his new gift and giving Joe the high sign from the sidewalk.
On that last day I saw him in person, he kind of gave me a little high sign as he took off to try and track down his missing car.
I gave Shurkom the high sign and he disappeared to find a better attack position.
They would come to my house on their weekly visits to the city, give me the high sign, and I would slip them their copies of the Chicago Defender or the Indianapolis Freeman.
The fat couple seemed to have already split, and Ethan was on his way out the door, giving Alvin a high sign to show he'd got the joke.
A surreptitious gesture, often prearranged, giving warning or indicating that all is well.
〈北美，非正式〉（用手势）示意，暗示（常事先约好，表示警告或一切都好）
I'm getting the high sign from my secretary—gotta go
我得到秘书的暗示——该走了。
Example sentencesExamples
Dave was back to the mobile coach window in five minutes, wearing his new gift and giving Joe the high sign from the sidewalk.
If I give the woman at the sandwich bar the high sign from afar she starts making my reuben before I've reached the counter.
I gave Shurkom the high sign and he disappeared to find a better attack position.
The fat couple seemed to have already split, and Ethan was on his way out the door, giving Alvin a high sign to show he'd got the joke.
They would come to my house on their weekly visits to the city, give me the high sign, and I would slip them their copies of the Chicago Defender or the Indianapolis Freeman.
On that last day I saw him in person, he kind of gave me a little high sign as he took off to try and track down his missing car.